Moving to UK on new Big4 job

[amonty]

Hi friends,

I am moving to London on a job. I am getting a offer from a Big4 counsulting firm based in London. I am expecting to get something like 45k-50K basic + Benifits + Bonus annual.

Do you guys think this is a good salary to get in London? Can someone give me pointers as to the cost of rental housing (if I live outside of Central London), council tax, income tax on the above salary, electricity and water charges and other regular costs.

Warm regards,
Monty

[toby]

Hello man. Thats a good salary, you'll be able to live comfortably on that salary in London without any trouble. I estimate you'd be looking at bringing home between about 2.5k to 3k a month after tax...

For me, I am living in a house in Barons Court (SW6) so not too far from Central London - sharing with gf and friend. We pay about 430 a month in rent and about 50 / month in council tax. Its 1.4k to 1.6k a year on our place.

Where abouts are you moving from?

[jes2jes]

Check the following link:
http://netsalary.blogspot.com/

Should tell you how much your take home should be and you can do a proper budget. There are also very good websites around to tell you about the standard of living in London.

Good luck.

[amonty]

First of all thank you 'toby' and 'jes2jes' for replying to my query. Your replies have encouraged my decision making in favour of the UK job option. I was under the influence that 40-45K was too less for London.

As 'toby' says 430-500 GBP per month rent for a Studio / 1BHK looks affordable to me.

Thank you for the responses.

Warm regards,
Monty